All are Beggars..........

All are beggars.....................? well almost, I think.

Lo- st in the favourite music number and waiting at a crossing for the light to turn green, one suddenly gets a knock on the side window of the car.

A pitiable face signals to roll down the glass but we look at him/her disgracefully and tell him to move away.

Beggars on streets, red lights, places of worship are aplenty. People dole away some coins to please Shani Dev or keep the bad luck away.

One gets confused as to who is needy and who is not. There are occasions when one finds beggars are gangsters’ forced labour to collect money for them.

One ven finds the beggars having bank balances and giving away their begging sites to their daughters in dowry !

This is a profession for some and a shameful but essential labor for others.

But are we all not beggars?

A king lost his way in the jungle and was taken care of in the hot summer by a fakir who offered him water and food.The king gave the Faqir his word that the he can come to him anytime for anything. While facing some tough time, the faqir went to meet the king.

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As the king was busy with prayers , he was asked to wait. When king came to see the fakir, he explained him that he had been asking God to provide him more strength so that he can expand his empire and give him more wealth. Fakir thought for a while and stood up to go saying that - o, Raja, you are a beggar, just like us; so what can you give me !Isn't it the story of us all?

Vinoba has said-" Mother nature has provided everything for every one but it is because some people hoard that others are deprived.

An interesting incident I would like to share -A friend of mine who is a yoga teacher has penchant for strange contributions to the society. She teaches women folk to live better life free from fear, be self dependent and so on. She also helps poor children to live their childhood . Once she persuaded about 30 children involved in begging, selling books or showing acrobats under ‘Cama Place , New Delhi fly over’ and took them to nearby DDA park and had them take bath. Gradually, it turned out to be a habit. One day she asked all the children to accompany her to the Zoo to get them a day enjoyable like ordinary children. To her utter surprise, a girl, 13, refused to go as she wanted her begging booty of Rs.500 of that day !